Typhoon Class submarines, also known as "Acula" in Russia, represent the pinnacle of submarine engineering, holding the record as the largest submarines ever built. Created during the Cold War, these ...

This article appears in the August 2025 print edition with the headline “The New Arms Race.” ...

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Japan. Tokyo Electric Power Co, CC BY-SA An unresolved challenge for fission is that the byproducts of the reaction are radioactive for a long time ...

The submarine involved in the 1986 disaster was the K-219, a Navaga Class nuclear ballistic missile sub (SSBN) with the NATO designation of Yankee-class. The Soviets introduced this submarine ...

One such Russian system that is redefining the face of modern warfare is the 3M22 Zircon. This impressive system has now been married to the Yasen -class nuclear-powered submarine, giving the ...

An infographic shows a U.S. Virginia-class nuclear submarine, plus a delivery schedule to Australia under the 2021 AUKUS agreement, according to details set out in a U.S. congressional research paper.

American shipyards are only capable of building 1.3 nuclear submarines a year—a figure that includes both the Virginia-class attack submarines and the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines.

A nuclear submarine, long kept under wraps, made an unexpected appearance near China. Its presence is anything but routine. "Mass layoff" provision in Trump bill sparks alarm: "Deeply concerning ...

Lt. Patrick Simmons, a native of Goose Creek, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to USS Tennessee, homeported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia. As a submariner, Simmons is part of a small ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division moved another step closer toward delivery of Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (SSN ...

Infographic showing a US Virginia-class nuclear submarine, plus a delivery schedule to Australia under the 2021 AUKUS agreement, according to details set out in a US congressional research paper ...

June 13, 2025: China recently did something unusual, they revealed details of their 8,000-ton Type 094 nuclear powered SSBN. This ballistic missile carrying boat is 135 meters long and 13 meters wide ...